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Show ARBOR DAY TRANSPLANTING LESSON 'I it' Diagtum Showing Proper and Improper Ways to Prepare Hole for Planting. I Bv WILLIAM R. LAZENBY. Proft.sor of Forestry. Ohio State University. Uni-versity. T.nnsplanting is a necessary practice prac-tice in connection with modern methods meth-ods of cultivation as applied to many plants. U may be divided into three divisions or steps: lifting the plant, transferrin;: i: from its old to its new location, and rephu'ir.sT it in the soil. The first and second steps belous primarily pri-marily to the nurseryman and plant-crower. plant-crower. while the latter boleros to the man who grows the plants for ornament orna-ment or profit. While the inuv.odiato result of trans-r'anttr.c trans-r'anttr.c is alw ays to check growth, the ui'ti;: ate resuUs of pr. per a:-.d careful ;nu:p-i;u-uf an? t:s"-aJ!' twioSeial. H makes pessihie hotter care cf the plants while yours: a r.iere oo:,-. p:ct a'u. better branched root system is do-vck do-vck ' ed. Li s,;.:e of :V. - advai-tages. thou- uw-a :hot.ar.ds of trees ana ,:,:.:s die a::::u:iiiy s a result of :m- ' " ,. i.,:......tnv. -.d still oth?r "r.'por t!'.i'..i .o-ian is ar? weakened and stunted i,'.yc"d all here of satisfactory reeov-erv. reeov-erv. ' The losses are the :::ore ceplor-eMo ceplor-eMo because they can. iu a great measure, meas-ure, be prevented. piecing the holes for the plants t an important ratt of trausylauiin;. Vv-tever the method of prepares ta.i ceil, tt.e i.i-.t ;u c- : , enough to -ecive rhe rocs t. u. plants in their natural position, and . from two to three inches deeper than they were found in the nursery. The poorer and harder the soil, the larger and deeper the holes should be. On I land level enough to permit the use of i the plow, this will be found the more i rapid and better way of digging one hole at a time. The earth should be filled in and compacted about the roots to a distance of two feet on either side of the tree. In tilling the soil around the ro-.ts. j the top should be used first, worsed and carefully compacted about the I roots. At the same time the plant 1 should be lifted and shaken slightly. I This will have 3 tendency to direct the roots downward and fill in thoroughly thor-oughly under the crown. The dirt shoul.i be compacted into the hole until it is two-thirds full: the remainder of i the soil should be left loose, so that it ' will act as a mulch to hold the mois- rare around the roots. Watering will not usual!, be necessary, neces-sary, but in case it is. the soil should j be compacted into the hole until it is ' two-thu'ds or three-fourths fail, thet : watered copiously. Cue er two bu. l;-is j i ot w ater to each plant should '.so usei. j ' and after the water has entirely d:s- j j at-rtared the hole should be filied with loose soil. Watering during the sum-: sum-: poor months should be done at considerable consid-erable intervals and then cone thoroughly thor-oughly until the soil is completely sr. :u rated. |